Kate Baldwin Free Kindergarten Records, . 1899-1938

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Kate Baldwin Free Kindergarten Records, . 1899-1938

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The Kate Baldwin Free Kindergarten in Savannah, Ga., was started in 1899 by George Johnson Baldwin (1856-1927) and his sisters as a memorial to their mother. The project was continued by his children, George Hull Baldwin and Dorothea Irwin, and grew into a city-wide system of kindergartens and a training school for kindergarten teachers. The collection includes papers relating to the organization, administration, and financing of the Kate Baldwin Free Kindergarten. Papers include minutes of the Kate Baldwin Free Kindergarten Association and correspondence of George Hull Baldwin and other members of the Baldwin family with Hortense M. Orcutt (died 1936) and other officials of the association and supervisors of the kindergarten.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Kate Baldwin Free Kindergarten (Savannah, Ga.)

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The Kate Baldwin Free Kindergarten in Savannah, Ga., was started in 1899 by George Johnson Baldwin (1856-1927) and his sisters as a memorial to their mother. The project was continued by his children, George Hull Baldwin and Dorothea Irwin, and grew into a city-wide system of kindergartens and a training school for kindergarten teachers. The kindergarten operated under the direction of Martha G. Waring, 1899-1907; Hortense M. Orcutt (died 1936), 1907-1936; and Augusta Stuart Clay and Ruth Peeple...